Motion-picture-film strip



J. H. HASTE MOTION PICTURE FILM STRIP Oct. 9, 1928. 1,687,066

Filed Aug. 23, 1925 Sensitg'ged gelatin Ce i l0 Gelding layer? sqpporb 6 i v ATTORNEYS.

2 forthe intermittent mechanism.

1 tendency for particles 01? emulsion to be scraped or dislodged from the sens1 t-i velayer- I also. to pile up on the edge of the e osure rams-0 9,192

"muslin-or mm t I nnwaonx', hssrqmon no nasmnnnonax com rm, or 300mm, nnwzonx, A oonronnrxon or-nnw some mo'rronsrrcrunn-mfi arm.-

a nea... filed August as, was. Serial no; 190L786,

I 10 being shown in the patents to Tessier 1,5 2,-

252, granted Feb. 9, 1926., and Wittel 1,588,-

. 082 granted June 8, 1926.

Insu'ch apparatus, the film strip self supportedloop from .a'fee is fed ng ,means,

such as a sprocket, to a gate through which it is advanced, and thencein another 100 to ,a feeding means. At the gate, the

usually passes between spring pressed guide strips having apertures for the ex osure and and to be built up on the smooth guidmg surfaces, thereby greatly increasin' the-hiction between the film .and the sli way, and

window 'where it renders'the edge of t e-ex posed imagerough and uneven; In a spring I driven. portable camera, this is particularly disadvantageous, as the springs are made as li ht as possible to mcrease the portability tically to render the camera inoperative.-

I Another'dificulty, sometimesenoountered,

' is that; the paper protective; bands having much less body than the film b'and', develgg a tendon tobuckleas'.they are being f through e me hanism-and do not maintain 7' the-.self-supported loops. This is articularly liable be'the case where the strip hasbeen; su jected' to humid atmpspheric conditions, tend to make the paper .especially limp; Uner over, the'protection-a orded the film-by the papderagamst atmospheric influences is less,

one y p 7 The obiectsof are to d the-tenden of the-emulsion to-be acre 6 so of to ren' er the film at times slidable through the" gate to, malntam the sti'finess and elasticity of the protective stnp, to increase the protection afforded ,these 'stripsand the sensitive moisture 'Reference here is a the camera, and the increased friction due a to this-causemay become so great as pracch conditions, more 8 one surfaceof which has a coating torender the lead tachable to the film.

The abeve and other objects are attained by apply ng to that surface of the leader band which constitutes a continuation of the sensitized siirface of the film band a coating of wax or wax-like substance; This coating sufficiently protects the paperlfrom the ab strips readny at-.

sorption of water for-it to retain its natural resiliency and at-the same time, the wax coating, passing over the slideways in advanceof the film, leaves a very slight but sufficient depost thereon which causes the film to Slide through without perceptibly increased fric tion, evenwhen the gate remains" uncleaned.

after long usage.

panying drawing wherein the same reference characters denote. the same parts throughout.-

Fig: 1 is a perspective view ofa reel of embodying my invention, one flange being partly roken "away.

.Fig. 2 is a perspective. view on an enlarged scale of a portion of the film strip, including the 'unction of the sensitized ortion and the lea er band, the thicknesses aggcrated.=

use, comprises a reel having side flanges 1, and a core --2, upon which is wound a protective portion '3, coiled directly on the co anxunexposedfilm portion 4- now be made'to the acconl eing much excartridge, as furnished for camera the outer end of the eoiled sensitized .portion4 .and. wound around it, the PI'OtGGtlVB:

portions 3 and 5 thus forming of the sensitizediportion 4 an the three por-- tions 3, 4jand 5 constitu inefl'ect a single,

coiled film strip. havingtionsllr- 4 e. usu'al perfora-= such as'a composition ofcellulose acetate,

- celluose nitrate, cellulose ether, viscose or the (preferablircellulose'acetatfiu on one such as a gelatino-silver-halide 811111151011.

readily 1. ate gelatinous continuations e sensitized portion consists, as of a support 6 of a plastic cellu1os1c product,

lafier, 7 lag-glue or other t ersun ace of which hasa coating -12 of wax'or wax -like'subst'ance.

.- For ease of manufacture, the paper. is prefe era ly coatedin wide hands by usual methods and then slit and 'cut to the desired sizes.

. waterproof soft solid lubricants may Beeswax or parafiine wax, either applied" cold in a volatile solvent such as -carbOn-Q tetrachloride, or-coated' ma hot liquid con- Natural or" artificial "waxes 01; equivalent;

used.

dition are satisfactory; A wide variety .of such'waxes are known' which are applicable to the'invention. The resultiug'layer. is preferably exceedin'gl thin. a :f

Thespecificformsi erein disclosed" re by way of-example: It'is obvious that numer- 1 tem 'lat'e'as'within my invention all such 'ters Patent is: p

a band of sensitized material and a protecous embodiments are possible, and I con-.3

mo cations and equivalents as fall within the scope ofjthe appended "claims.

Having thus described In invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by-Let- -1. A motion =picture film strip including tive band forming a continuation thereof and having a deposlt consisting of wax upon,

one'surfac'e thereof. a a v 2. A motion picture film strip including; a band of flexible material havinga sensitlve' "layer upon one's'urfac e and a-leaderband forming a continuation of such band and having a deposit comprising wpx upon its surface that constitutes a continuation of th I sensitive surface.

3; As an article of manufacture, a strip ofcoiled materialadapted for use in a motion a picture camera and including a coiled band with, an unexposed,

- together.

sensitized layer upon one 1 -'surface-, and a protective stri forming a con- I:

tinuation of. the outer en of such coiled hand and coiled around said band and having-a, deposit of, wax upon that surface which constitutes a continuation of thesensitized' v surface. v

- isd motion,picture'filin strip including a hand of material having a sensitive layer upon one surface andgan unsensit1zed protective'bandiattache'd thereto and forming a.

continuation-thereof, and-havin a uniform coating of wax over; thatsur ace thereof that constitutes a continuation of the sensi- :tiv'e surface. 1

5. A motion picture'filin' strip including .a 5

band be material having" a jsens'itized, gelatv 'inous layer upon one surface and a protec-' two-band secured atone end to one end of,v

'fthesensitinedfhand, the protective band com'prisinga paper strip having'on one surface a layer of gelatl'ne and on the other of the coiled film and coiled around said 'film,

said'leader band comprising a strip of paper having on; one surface a layer of unsens1- tizedigelatine and on the other surface a layer of Wax, the twobands' having-their gelatine layersv adherentl attached together. Signed at Rochester, ew York this 12th day of August, 1926., l

JAMES H. HASTEQ 

